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I want to open myself, let him inside. But how do I give what has already been taken?

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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
Novelist
Writer
Long Beach
California
Ellen Louise Hopkins
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Christmas is far and away my favorite holiday. I love everything about it, from the event that inspired it, hoping for a white one, to wrapping presents. But mostly I love having family and friends gathered, and sharing traditions.
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Losing It Some days I think I'm losing my mind. What seems so clear most of the time becomes a big question mark. Am I really the way I percieve myself, or is the person others see the truth of me? I wait for answers, but inside I know I have to go out and find them. And answers like knowledge, are not always where we first look for them.
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Real love shouldn't be disposable.
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he sucked the nectar from her heart like a famished butterfly.
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So when he asked about getting high, I didn't think, I agreed. We smoked some good California green. Took three tries to put me in the place he said I should be.
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Every high has an equal, measurable low.
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Yeah, I know getting high isn't so smart. Ask me if I care.
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you fly until you crash two days two nights no sleep, no food, come down off the monster YOU CRASH REAL HARD
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Then I said it. He said it too. I love you. And everything that went before meant nothing.
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